Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Claire Kaplan <>]

Dear colleague, 

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS), in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW), the Office of Victims of Crime (OVC), and the National Center for
Victims of Crime (NCVC), invite you to participate in a series of
conference calls on the problem of stalking. These organizations have
partnered to share some of the most current and innovative ideas
addressing this significant crime problem. 

Scheduled for April 19 and 27, 2004, the conference calls will focus on
three topics related to this important issue. All call times are for
eastern daylight savings time. 

1. Coordination to Create a Community-Oriented Policing/Problem-Solving
approach to Domestic Violence and Stalking. 
April 19th at 11:00 a.m. and April 27th at 1:00 p.m. 

2. Stalking and Technology. 
April 19th at 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. 

3. Working with Your Prosecutor to Respond to Stalking.
April 27th at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 

Each call will open with brief remarks by the authors of Stalking, a new
COPS publication, and by an practitioner with a successful track record
in the subject area. Following the opening remarks, the forum will open
to questions from participants as part of an informal discussion,
allowing you to discuss best practices, share successes, and address
other topics relevant to protecting victims of this often underreported
crime. 

Please register for any of the conference calls by e-mailing Matt Pierre
at

by April 15, 2004. Space is limited, therefore we encourage early registration. Please provide us with your name, title, agency affiliation, email address, and date and time of the call in which you want to participate. 

Stalking, one of the latest titles in the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police (POP Guides) series. This Guide and a collection of associated resources is available at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=1035 to support your efforts to build stronger partnerships with law enforcement, community members, stalking support organizations and victims. 

American law enforcement works best when it partners with organizations like yours. COPS is pleased to provide opportunities like this to help you build more effective partnerships with law enforcement to keep America safe.

Claire N. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Sexual Assault Education
UVA Women's Center
P.O. Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
434.982.2774 Voice/TTY
434.982.2901 Fax

http://sexualassault.virginia.edu